Paper-bag holder.



E. A. WHORLEY. PAPER BAG HOLDER. APPLICATION HLEDJULYI8,19IB.

Patented Oct. 8, 1918.

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WITNESSES EUGENE A. WHORLEY, 0F ROANOKE, VIRGINIA.

PAPER-BAG HOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 8, 1918.

Application filed July 18, 1918. Serial N 0. 245,510.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EUGENE A. WHORLEY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Roanoke, in the county of Roanoke and State of Virginia, have invented a new and useful Paper-Bag Holder, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to paper bag holders, and more particularly to that class of devices designed to hold packs of paper bags of different sizes.

The object is to provide a simple and easily constructed holder which will securely hold in separated packs a large number of bags, so that it is possible to extract one or more bags of a certain size, without interfering with the bags of another size in adjacent packs.

Another object is to provide a holding device of this character which will hold the Packs of folded bags in such manner as to always present one edge of the folded bottom of the bag in a vertical position to be easily grasped by the hand of the operator in extracting the same. A further object is to provide improved means for clamping the bags in place, and for imparting such clamping action to the bags until the last one thereof is extracted, and to form such clamping means in a manner to facilitate the introduction of the packs of bags when loading the holder.

A full and complete understanding of the invention may be obtained from a consideration of the following detailed description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawing forming a part of this specification; it being understood that while the drawing shows a practical form of the invention, the latter is not confined to strict conformity therewith, but may be changed or modified, so long as such changes or modifications mark no material departure from the salient features of the invention, as specifically pointed out in the appended claim.

In thedrawing, in which like reference characters designate similar parts throughout the several figures Figure 1 is a side elevation of the improved ba-g holder, each compartment being ls)hown as containing a'pack of'folded paper ags;

Fig. 2 is a vertical longitudinal section of the upper portion thereof with the bags omitted;

Fig. 3 is a detail transverse section taken onthe line 33 of Fig. 2.

The device of the present invention is designed to overcome the great inconvenience encountered in grocery and other stores,

where the ordinary paper bags in common use are simply placed on a counter or other support, or, as is sometimes done, are placed in individual receptacles with no means for clamping the same therein when, in either case, the bags are separated and scattered about, thus resulting in the mixing of the several sizes and in the loss of time and labor.

The desired results are obtained by providing a separate compartment for each pack of a different size of bag, and having means for clamping and holding the same in such position as to expose the free side edge of the folded bottom of the bag, which may be readily grasped to remove the same and not interfere with the next adjacent bag beneath, which operation may be repeated until the compartment is entirely emptied.

The improved device comprises a frame formed of a pair of spaced side plates 11, composed of some suitable sheet metal, secured, as by crimping or in any other desired manner, to suitable feet or base pieces 2-2, which are also composed, preferably, of metal, and are so folded or otherwise formed as to be securely fastened to the bottom edges of the side plates.

The side plates are considerably higher than they are wide and are each formed to provide a perpendicular rear edge 3, an inclined front edge 4, and a top edge 5 which is somewhat less in length than the bottom of the side plates where joined to'the foot or base piece 2.

The spaced side plates 11 are inclined toward each other at their tops, and are there joined by a top plate 6, which is secured to the side plates in any desired manner, and the front, rear and top edges of the latter are preferably provided with strength- 30 ular edges of the side plates 1 -1 and extend ening ribs 7 formed by bending the metal back upon itself.

By reason ofthe inclination of the side plates toward each other, provision is made for the difference in the width of the bags,

it being designed to support the largenbags at the bottom of the device and decreasing in size toward the top thereof.

Individual bag holders, adapted to different size bags, are-supported between the side plates, one above the other and in spaced relation. Each holder is composed of a single piece of sheet metal bent atan intermediate point to form a spring loop 8,

, freely admits the introduction of apack. of

folded bagsbetweenthe presser plate and the bottom plate, as will be readily understood. The spring loops 8 of the several bag holders are arrangedat the rear perpendic somewhat beyond the same, while the;upwardly curved terminal portions13 of the presser plates extend forwardly and beyond the front inclined edgesH of the said side plates, as is clearly shown in the drawing.

The lower, front terminal portions of the bottom plates 9 are each curved downwardly and rearwardly, as indicated at 14., and thence bent to form forwardly directed horizontally disposed portions 15 defining substantially horizontal bottom walls to'pockets 16 and terminating in'upwardly disposed substantially vertical front walls 17, having marginal strengthening beads 18 formed at their upper edges and extending from side to side of the saidfrontwall 17.

Each pocket 16 decreases in size upwardly, in accordance with the decrease in the-si'z'e and proportions of the severalholding-[devices, and thesaidpockets are adapted to lie within and above the curveditermin'al portion 13 of the; neXt adjacent presser plate below, and to be spaced away therefrom to permit the latter to springjup'wardly a sufii'cient distance to allow of theintroduction of a pack of bags.

Thepo'ckets 16 are-specla y h p d 'ceive' the lbottoms of the bags which" are folded-'irr'thfe ordinary 'manner. The bottom of the bags form the most bulky part ofthe pack, so-that ample room must be rovided therefor.

The vertical frontwall 1 ,in connection with the horizontal bottom wall 15, retains the pack in a position so that the upstanding edge A of the bottom portions.

which provide the spring for" imparting elasticity tothe presser plates 12;

It will beseen upon reference toF g, 3,

that the presser plates 12 are ofnearly the same width asthe bag supporting members 9, a slight space beingv provided between each side edge of the plates 12 and'the frame plates I to allow for the verticalmoyement of said presser plates.

As shown in Fig. 2, the presser plates normally contact withthe bag supporting members at a point in rear of the terminalpor tions13. When'the bag holders'are filled,-

the-presser plates 12m0've away from the 7 bottom plates 9, and these two elementsenf gagethe bags throughout the greaterporsome the lengths of-the bags':,an'd-' not'at a single point as in some bag holders.

' The frame plates lprovide'sid'e walls for the bag holders so as to retain the" bags therein and prevent their moving laterally.

What is claimedis:-

A bag holder comprising spaced" side plates constituting standards, a plurality of individual bag holders disposed between the standards, from the base to the top, each bag holder being formedof a single piece of a sheet metal, of' a width substantiallyequ'al to the distance between the standards, and bent intermediate of its ends to form a spring loop, a bottom bag supporting mem her, and an upper presser plate, the bags being inserted between s'aidmember, said plate and, said standards, the latter holding the bags from shifting laterally, meansfo'r fastening the bag holders to the inner 'sidesof the standards, said 1 means being" applied to the bag supporting members, each bag supporting member having a pocket formed at the lower 1 end" projecting beyond the front edges of the standards "and adapted to re; ceive the folded bottoms of "a' pack of bags, each" pocket consisting of a cu-rvedinn'er wall, a substantially horizontal bottom-wall and a substantially vertical front" wall, whereby the bottom" of each bag ismaim tained in a position toproject'the'freeed-ge of said bottom substantially'vertical, and the said presser plate being normally in 0011- tacting relation with the bottom supporting my own, I have hereto aflixed my signature rillemger near thfi front end an}? 1gecedirlllg in the presence of two Witnesses. t ere romu ont einsertion oft e a s t e front termiiial of each presser plate being EUGENE WHORLEY 5 curved upwardly beneath the pocket of the Witnesses:

next adjacent bag holder. G. O. HOLCQMB, In testimony, that I claim the foregoing as D. P. HYLTON.

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